4th of July Celebration!

The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays! I love how spirited and proud of the US everyone is- and we always have the best party back home! I was thinking of everyone, and I tried to bring the celebration to Kenya with a flag t-shirt and Mr. Muether's mac & cheese recipe. It was cloudy and looked like rain the whole day, but thankfully it held off for the most part. We had a great time down at the River House, which is part of the IU House that has a pool, volleyball area, and nice yard for games.

Someone started singing the National Anthem, and everyone stood and joined in, and I looked around and they were all standing facing me and using my shirt as the American Flag. It was pretty funny! Ohhh say can you seeeeeeee...

American flag candles and candy! Now that's spirit!

We had lots of food at the barbeque (it was a pot luck, so everyone brought something- sausage, hot dogs, veggies, dessert etc), and the mac & cheese (front center in the picture) and baked mostaccoli that I made was definitely the favorite dish! I was so excited! When I was bringing back the empty dish to the kitchen, someone actually stopped me and asked if they could scrape the side of the bowl- no joke. It was awesome, so props to Mr. Muether for the great recipe. I wanted to make a Flag cake, but the resources for that are kind of limited. I'm sure Hanna did an amazing job with the Flag cake at home, though :)

Croquet time!

It was a pretty low-key evening after the barbeque. People played croquet, which also reminded me of home. We helped clean up and played cards, and then pretty much went to bed. I'm sorry I couldn't skype with everyone at home- I was really looking forward to it, but of course the internet failed when I needed it the most. It is up and running this morning, so hopefully it will work throughout the day.

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! Go USA!

Love to all back home :)

The 4th of July flower- I loved this!